Hi All,This is my first post, so hopefully I have this in the right spot in the forums, but I have always been fascinated in real estate, especially in buy and hold and house flipping.  

It's not rocket science, but when an agent weigh pulling comps for someone who's not going to close on a deal w/ them versus working w/ a closer, they will work w/ the closer.   

Since first time home buyers are notorious for overlooking many basic costs of home ownership, often focusing exclusively on accumulating a down payment and then making monthly payments that include property taxes and insurance, I was fascinated to read that buyers in their 20s and 30s are becoming quite savvy as they consider renting vs buying their home.

@Eric Renney I do not have an answer to this at all but I am fascinated by it.  

My math and science background helped me.But the J O B paid $400 a week and was an advance on future commissions.

We are even considering taking a real estate class or something similar to speed up our learning curve.Im actually flirting with the idea of a new career with more potential for our future, something that we could carry on/for our retirement.I've been always fascinated about real estate, but my only experience so far, was buying the house that we are actually living (for the last 8 years with 1bed 1 bath) that is still upside down (and yes, we are still traumatized, lol lol lol).Many plans for our future (including kids) but not really knowing how to start with our 9-5's, but learning before anything else sounds like a good start (at least for me).Great site guys and thank you once again for all this compiled information for my thirst mind : )

. - that this is more art than science, and that frustrates me

I'm a junior at the University of Louisville, studying political science and going through Army ROTC.

Real estatr has been my passion since childhood as i can remember watching the tv show "Americas Castles" and just being in complete awe of the architecture and design and even more fascinated with the contractors who turned these drawings in to real, tangible structures.

I'm talking about the area right by the Liberty Science Center and Liberty Park.